Very cool campaign for Chiquita — makes fantastic use of their abundant free “media”. I really like this because it’s an idea that’s been there (probably) for as long as the brand’s been around, and all it took was a little creative thinking to give the brand some great personality.
/via David Kaneda: Chiquita Banana’s Art Director, DJ Neff, discusses their latest ad campaign which reinforces the brand image while adding a new layer of playfulness and fun.
Nice touch in the iPad Gallery — the 360° is just a series of JPEGs and the ‘spinning’ is handled via JavaScript… which means it works in mobile Safari. No Flash. No Quicktime. It just works. It feels like Flash is losing more and more ground every day.
The most awesome/ridiculous/corny piece of digital video you’ll see this week. Guaranteed.
/via trustthedust
I’m happy to announce that I’m a presenter at the first annual Kansas City Design Week on Thursday, February, 4.
I’ll be presenting with couple of other guys from work; we’ll be talking about the impact of design on business and how a the perception of a brand is shaped by the design of products, user experience and messaging. We’ve had a few calls with the organizers of design week and quite a bit of brainstorming amongst ourselves. After a breakthrough today, it feels like the presentation is finally starting to come together… excitement is building.
KC Design week is all about celebrating the value of design, including graphic design, industrial design and architecture. There are a bunch of cool design-related events throughout the week (all of which are free), so head over to KCDesignWeek.org to check out the schedule and reserve a space for yourself. From what I’ve heard, about 90 people have registered for our session, which means we’re *this close* to a sold-out show.
And if your at the AIA building on the 4th, stop by and say ‘hi!’.
Stick with it — the awesome kicks in around 00:20
/via @workforfood
The fine folks at the Barbarian Group just launched another “why didn’t I think of that” site — InternetOnlineWebsite.com, a really clever promotion for Aquent (purveyors of contract creatives). You can click on each section of the page to learn more about the skills and people needed to get a modern website up running (as illustrated by the animated GIF below). And to top it all off, if you visit the website (and act fast), you can get a free t-shirt (and probably a lifetime supply of calls and mail from Aquent). You can read more about the site on the Barbarian Groups blog .
I participated in an iPhone365 project in the 2009. It was much more difficult that I thought it would be. Even with a cameraphone by my side at all times, there were days I forgot to take a picture, days where I wasn’t inspired to take a picture (those days: Wake up, go to work, come home, repeat = yawn) and towards the end of the year, I just didn’t get around to taking any photos.
When all was said and done (yesterday), I came out with 198 photos — an admirable effort, but well short of the goal. It’s still a blast to look through the photos and see where I was (or where my head was) throughout the year.
With that in mind, I made a quick movie of all the photos set to the song I listened to the most in 2009, Radiohead’s “Gagging Order” (199 plays, according to iTunes). Enjoy!
(and if you want to participate in 2010, it’s the perfect time to start. I’ve already posted my first photo for 2010.
iPhone 365 – 2009 from Kyle Johnston on Vimeo.